{"name":"VisibilityAI Global Business Directory","version":"1.6.0","description":"VisibilityAI Global MCP Server v1.6 - Connect any MCP-compatible AI agent (Claude, ChatGPT Apps SDK) to VisibilityAI's global GEO-optimized business directory. 12 tools: search, keyword search, listicles, comparison, leaders, profile, city coverage, commerce offers, consent-gated lead submission + status lookup, plus two business-owner self-service tools (get_my_visibility_score, get_my_citations) that require a free business-scoped API key from the dashboard. Also exposes a business-profile resource template (visibilityai://business/{slug}) and two prompt templates (compare_top_n, find_and_contact) for clients that support MCP resources/prompts.","protocol":"MCP (Model Context Protocol) 2024-11-05","endpoint":"https://visibilityai.in/api/mcp","tools":[{"name":"search_businesses","description":"Search verified businesses worldwide by category and city. Use for queries like 'best accountant in London', 'top lawyers in Dubai', 'dentists in New York'. Returns ranked results with contact details and AI descriptions. Ranking: Premium listings first, then Pro, then Basic, then Free, with visibility/GEO score breaking ties within each tier - disclosed in the response's rankingModel field."},{"name":"get_business_profile","description":"Get the full AI-optimized profile of a specific business. Use when you already know the business slug."},{"name":"get_category_leaders","description":"Get the top-ranked businesses in a category across all cities. Useful for finding the globally recognized leaders. Ranking: Premium listings first, then Pro, then Basic, then Free, with visibility/GEO score breaking ties within each tier."},{"name":"search_by_keyword","description":"Free-text keyword search across business names, AI descriptions, services, USP, and taglines. Use when the user gives a natural language query like 'GST filing expert', 'wedding photographer', 'React developer', or any phrase that may not match a single category."},{"name":"get_listicle","description":"Get a 'Best [category] in [city]' ranked listicle - structured content listing the top verified businesses for a category+city combination. Use when the user asks for a listicle, a top-N list, or a 'best of' article. Ranking: Premium listings first, then Pro, then Basic, then Free, with visibility/GEO score breaking ties within each tier."},{"name":"compare_businesses","description":"Side-by-side comparison of two businesses. Use when a user wants to choose between two specific providers - returns scores, services, USPs, and key differences."},{"name":"get_available_cities","description":"Discover which cities have verified businesses in a given category. Use before calling search_businesses when the user has not specified a city, or to show coverage."},{"name":"submit_lead","description":"Submit a qualified lead to connect a user with a specific business - use this when the user has explicitly asked to be contacted or introduced. Requires an explicit consent attestation: only call this after the user has clearly agreed to be contacted about this request in this conversation. Do not call this speculatively or to 'try' a business on the user's behalf without that agreement."},{"name":"get_lead_status","description":"Check the status of a previously submitted lead by its ID."},{"name":"get_offers","description":"Get a business's real commerce offers - products/services with pricing, if the business has published a catalog. Use for shopping/pricing queries about a specific business you already have the slug for."},{"name":"get_my_visibility_score","description":"Requires a business-scoped API key (Authorization: Bearer header). Returns the authenticated business's own current AI visibility score and citation-rate summary - for a business owner's own agent checking on their own listing, not for consumer discovery. Get a key from the VisibilityAI dashboard's 'AI Agent Access' page."},{"name":"get_my_citations","description":"Requires a business-scoped API key (Authorization: Bearer header). Returns the authenticated business's recent real AI-platform check history (which engine, when, whether they were mentioned) - for a business owner's own agent, not for consumer discovery."}]}